Patent AU-2018260941-B2 (AU)
Title: Decoding audio bitstreams with enhanced spectral band replication metadata in at least one fill element
Inventor: VILLEMOES LARS
IPC: G10L19/00
Filed: 2018-11-09
Granted: 2020-08-27
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